Free Forever Princess by Meg Cabot Page A

isn’t even here. Which is no big surprise, she hasn’t been in G&T since her show got picked up by a television network in Seoul. She tapes every day during lunch and fifth period. They actually let her out of school to do this, and give her class credit and everything.
    Which is cool. I guess she’s a huge star in Korea.
    Well, I always knew she’d be a star.
    For some reason I just always thought I’d be friends with her when it happened.
    Well, things change, I guess.

 
    Friday, April 28, French
    Tina won’t stop texting me, even though I’m not texting back. (I don’t need a repeat performance of yesterday’s debacle.)
    She wants to know what I’m going to wear tomorrow when we go to see Michael donate a CardioArm to Columbia’s Medical Center.
    I wonder what it’s like to live in Tinaville.
    I get the feeling it’s very shiny there.

 
    Friday, April 28, Psychology
    I finally texted Tina back that I’m not going tomorrow.
    There has been radio silence ever since, so I’m just slightly suspicious about what’s going on between her and the rest of the gang.
    It’s slightly restful, however, not to have my phone buzzing every five seconds.
    Amelia—I still haven’t had your answerrrrrrr. I need you to disinvite twenty-ffiveeeee people to your party. The captain is telling me we won’t be able to set saillllllll with three hundred. Weeeeeeeeee need to cut it down to two seventy-five max. I think Nathan and Claire, Frank’s niece and nephew, can go, obviously. What about your mother? You don’t need her there, do you? She’ll understandddddd. And Frank, tooooooo. I’ll be waiting for your call. Clarisse, your grandmotherrrrrrr
    Sent from my BlackBerry wireless device
    Oh my God.
    Major histocompatibility complex—MHC: Gene family found in most mammals. Believed to play an important role in mate selection through olfactory (scent) recognition. In studies, female college students asked to smell the unwashed T-shirtsworn by male college students invariably chose ones worn by males possessing MHC that was entirely dissimilar to their own. This is believed to be due to the fact these males would make the most genetically desirable mates (pairing opposite MHC genes would create offspring with the strongest immune systems). The more genetically dissimilar mates are to each other, the stronger the immune system of the offspring, a fact believed detected through the olfactory senses of the female of the species.
    HOMEWORK
    World History: Study for final
    English Lit: Ditto
    Trig: Ditto
    G&T: Ugh, I’m so SICK of Chopin
    French: Final
    Psychology II: Final

 
    Friday, April 28, Dr. Knutz’s waiting room
    Great, I walked in here today for my next-to-last session and who should be sitting here but none other than the dowager princess of Genovia herself.
    I was like, “What the—” but fortunately managed to control myself at the last minute.
    â€œOh, Amelia, there you are,” she said, like we were meeting for tea at the Carlyle, or whatever. “Why haven’t you phoned back?”
    I just stared at her in horror. “Grandmère,” I said. “This is my therapy session .”
    â€œWell, I know that, Amelia.” She smiled at the receptionist, as if to apologize for my idiocy. “I’m not slow, you know. But how else am I supposed to get you to communicate with me, when you won’t return my calls and you refuse to write back to my e-mails, which is the method of communication I thought was all the rage with you young people today? Really, I had no choice but to hunt you down here.”
    â€œGrandmère.” I was seriously about to bubble over with rage. “If this is about my party, I am NOT disinviting my own mother and stepfather to make room for your society friends. Disinvite Nathan and Claire if you want, I don’t care. And can I just add, it is totally